Sky Tower Trip | By Alex

Today LS2, LS1 and Room 5 went on a trip to the Sky Tower, since it was sponsored nobody needed to pay anything, the person who sponsored our trip's name is Douglas Bates. during our trip there we were given a challenge; on this piece of paper different locations were shown, and we needed to write the name of the location. There were also clues on the bottom of it to help us figure out which was which, another thing to help was the fact that we were on the 51rst floor. Before that though, we'd watched some videos that told us lots of interesting facts about the Sky Tower, some being: It weighs around about the same as 6,000 elephants, it takes 40 seconds to get from the bottom floor to the top, it would take 29 minutes for someone to reach the top floor by only using stairs (If they walked) and that the glass walls and floor in the observation deck are as thick as the concrete floor. 

Dawn Blessing

This morning many of us arrived at school before dawn so that we could take part in the blessing of Learning Space 1 and Learning Space 2. 

Micaiah

Gozan

Thomas

Paige

Zahn

Speed Dating...

Last week I saw an idea shared by the innovative year 7/8 teachers at Stanhope Road School on social media so decided to try it out. The idea... learning through speed dating! During inquiry I split the group in two. One half found out facts about Chinese New Year and the other half researched facts about traditional Chinese food. We were looking to make connections as to how the Chinese communities across NZ sustain their culture. The photos below show our version of 'speed dating' in action. My learners really enjoyed this unique way to make connections.